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A film poster showing three women seated around a low round table beneath the large title “FATIMA”.

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Fatima

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French-language poster supplied by Filmoption International. The source has conflicting dates (2014 in the description, 2015 in the category), so no release year is assigned.

A CLOSER LOOK / 01

Inside the image.

A vertically framed film poster, designed around a warm, slightly muted photograph of three women seated side by side. They fill the lower two-thirds of the composition, facing the viewer, with their heads arranged beneath the large title. The woman at left wears a pale beige headscarf with a muted pink edge and a loose beige outfit; the woman in the centre wears a dark green V-neck top and clasps her hands in her lap; the woman at right has long dark hair, a dark denim jacket over a pale top, and light brown trousers. Their expressions are composed and unsmiling. The centre figure sits slightly forward and is framed by the other two.

The women sit on simple chairs around a low, broad, dark round table or tray in the foreground. A small shallow vessel rests near its centre. The left chair has a visible dark frame and woven-looking seat; at right, the edge of a dark patterned seat is visible beneath the third woman. The photograph is cropped close around the group, with their legs and furniture continuing to the bottom edge. Behind them is a pale beige wall or backdrop with a fine repeating diamond-like pattern. Its light, relatively even surface contrasts with the darker clothes and hair. The image has a subdued palette of cream, sand, olive, charcoal, denim blue and brown, with soft, frontal light and gentle shadows around the figures and furniture.

Typography occupies the upper portion. A small line of bold, dark uppercase names runs across the top: “SORIA ZEROUAL ZITA HANROT KENZA NOAH AÏCHE”. Beneath it, the title “FATIMA” appears in very large, widely spaced, dark teal uppercase letters, spanning most of the poster width. A smaller centred line below reads “UN FILM DE PHILIPPE FAUCON”. Two short blocks of white review quotations sit above the women, one to either side of the centre: the left begins “« DIGNE ET TOUCHANT… »” and the right “« UNE ODE À TOUTES LES HÉROÏNES DU QUOTIDIEN »”; each has a much smaller attribution beneath. Near the bottom, several white festival and screening marks overlay the photograph and furniture, followed by dense lines of tiny white credits and a narrow strip of production and distributor marks along the lower edge. The poster has no distinct surrounding border. Its treatment is photographic, with the regular wall pattern and crisp, oversized lettering providing the main graphic structure.

ASSOCIATIONS & IMPRESSIONS / 02

What the image evokes.

The poster’s visual balance comes from a quiet contrast: the title is emphatic and architectural, while the three seated figures form a close, human-scale grouping beneath it. “FATIMA” nearly becomes a solid band across the top, yet the women’s relaxed hands, soft clothing and direct, unshowy presence draw the eye back down to the photograph. The arrangement can suggest a family portrait, or a posed conversation paused for the camera, without settling into either reading.

The patterned wall lends the scene a domestic, enclosed feeling. Its delicate geometry is almost wallpaper-like, and the round table brings to mind an everyday shared space. Against this, the dark green and blue clothing gives the figures weight and individuality. The warm beige tones unify the room but do not erase their differences: the headscarf, open neckline and denim jacket make three distinct silhouettes. There is a composed, reflective mood here, though the straightforward gaze and close spacing also lend the image a quiet firmness. The restrained colours and carefully centred layout feel intimate rather than theatrical; the huge title adds a public, declarative note to an otherwise modest scene.

Associations are subjective readings, rather than documented influences or statements of the artist’s intention.

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Lettering & observation notes
  • SORIA ZEROUAL ZITA HANROT KENZA NOAH AÏCHE — Small uppercase line along the top edge.
  • FATIMA — Very large uppercase title across the upper portion.
  • UN FILM DE PHILIPPE FAUCON — Centred directly below the title.
  • « DIGNE ET TOUCHANT… » JEU PARFAIT DE SORIA ZEROUAL — White quotation block above the woman at left.
  • « UNE ODE À TOUTES LES HÉROÏNES DU QUOTIDIEN » — White quotation block above the woman at right.
  • The small attributions beneath the review quotations, the festival marks, credits and bottom-row logos are too small to read reliably.
BACK TO THE SOURCE / 03

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Attribution
FilmOption
Collection
RDIFQ / Wikimedia Commons
Source
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Permission evidence
Public VRT notice: 2019071810007699
Source checked
20 October 2026

Year as recorded on the source file page; it may not represent the work’s first release. File unchanged; browser preview scaled proportionally.